Lasiona, Elis
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 Lasiona (Λασιώνα) |
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| Coordinates | 37°49′ N 21°41′ E |
| Country | Greece |
| Periphery | West Greece |
| Prefecture | Elis |
| Province | Elis |
| Population | 2,562 source (2001) |
| Elevation | 580 m |
| Licence plate code | ΗΑ |
Lasiona (Greek, Modern: Λασιώνα, Ancient/Katharevousa: Λασιών Lasion) is a municipality in the northern part of the Elis Prefecture, Greece. Its seat of administration is the village Panopoulo (Greek, Modern: Πανόπουλο, Ancient/Katharevousa: -n). It is accessed by a road connecting Patras and Tripoli, the GR-33 and the Amaliada to Simpoulo Road about 4 km E and the road to Pyrgos W. It is located about 50 km S of Patras, about 70 km from the Rio-Antirio bridge, about 35 km W of Lampeia, about 100 km W of Tripoli, about 45 km N of Olympia and about 45 km NE of Pyrgos.
[edit] Nearest places
- Simopoulo, NW
- Antroni S
[edit] Historical population
| Year | Dystos population | Change | Municipal population |
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| 1981 | - | - | - |
| 1991 | 245 | - | 2,127 |
| 2001 | 314 | 69/28.16% | 2,987 |
Panopoulo has a school, a church, a small post office and a square (plateia).
Much of the area are covered with forests including the north and the south and the central part and grasslands to the east. The central part and within the communities and villages have some farmland.
On September 2003, Panopoulo held the third stage of the 28th ELPA Rally which is sponsored by ELPA which was cancelled due to an enormous accident on stage 1 The stage 3 was the final one. Its length for the SS3 part is 20.79 km running from Simopoulo.
| North: Tritea | ||
| West: Pineia (NW) |
Panopoulo | East: Lampeia |
| South: Foloi |
| Municipalities of the Elis Prefecture |
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| Alifeira • Amaliada • Andravida • Andritsaina • Ancient Olympia • Figaleia • Foloi • Gastouni • Iardanos • Kastro-Kyllini • Lampeia • Lasiona • Lechaina • Oleni • Pineia • Pyrgos • Skillounta • Tragano • Vartholomio • Volakas • Vouprasia • Zacharo |
